Paul Duenas blog

Too much!

Everywhere I look - entertainment websites, news websites, newspapers, magazines, tabloids ... there is this constant barrage of information on Jon & Kate (plus 8 - to be accurate).  Are they breaking up?? Are they staying together??  What about the kids??  Hey - she's at the beach, wearing a different swimsuit every day!
There's just TOO MUCH exposure about them. 

Now - I haven't seen the show.  I don't have any desire to see the show.  It's just not my cup of tea.  But, is it just me, or is there just way too much attention being given to them ... nothing against THEM, mind you... they may be publicity seekers, but it's the MEDIA that has created this maelstrom of coverage. 

I mean - what the hell???  There's as much information about them, being treated as news, as there is surrounding the events in Iran?!!  (oh, I know I'm exaggerating) ... but still!
Yes, I understand news outlets have to compete these days, and our celebrity obsessed culture here in America really feeds the news outlets need to attract an audience. 
In fact, they are just a part of a larger issue I have with too much attention in the mainstream media being paid to entertainment news.  But since I'm a big entertainment fan, I don't want to sound too much like a hypocrite. 
I'd really rather see an interesting article (with PHOTOS) of Padme Lakshmi, than Jon and Kate (plus 8). 

Yes... it's a mindless thing to begin a blog with.  But you try navigating through CNN, or CNBC, or MSNBC, or your local paper's website... without seeing the OTHER NEWS list of stories, littered with celebrity news. 

And what is it with our nation's obsession with families that number into the double digits?? 
Is it just a curiosity???  And do we follow them in reverence or disgust???